TraceyB

13th – 20th November 2010 Vilanculos – Tofo After one of the worst nights sleep of this trip….I think I managed about 2 hours of actual sleep in the hottest room ever with mosquitos flying around us (the Lonely Planet does rate Beira as the place that you are most likely to catch malaria in Moz!), we woke up at 2am and quickly got changed and finished packing our bags (so quickly that I managed to leave my favourite t shirt behind) and ran out the door as our taxi driver was early (now that’s a first in Africa!) and was tooting the heck out of his car horn. We managed to board the bus etc and had a smooth comfortable ride to our drop off point although the sun threatened to melt us as one ... read more

1st – 2nd November 2010 Kampala – Nairobi - Pemba Leaving Kampala.......Well most of the goodbyes had been said and the promises made to return to Kampala one day. Our last night in Lions Motel was heralded by the firing up of the generator outside my room which was left on for most of the night which meant that when the alarm went off early in the morning I’d had very little sleep. Our bus left at 7.15am so after managing to get a takeaway coffee from Café Javas we boarded our Queens Coach and actually left ON TIME!!! After getting over the shock Kath and I settled in for our 12 hour drive to Nairobi. The trip itself was only memorable for the fact that nothing happened and the drive was relatively smooth except for ... read more

Hi everyone Well when I left you on my last blog little Shukuran from PCA was sick with malaria....unfortunately she didn't respond to the initial round of medication but we were able to get her back to the clinic where the doctor quickly set up a glucose drip with quinine which she responded really well to and after a few days was back at school and also back to be her usual entertaining self! In the middle of all of all of this Kath and I went away to Murchison Falls on a 3 day trip. We travelled up to the camp on the first day and visited the falls at the top which was pretty amazing. The area around Murchison Falls is a national park and very beautiful. The second day started early as we ... read more

Hey everyone :-) Well Kath and I safely made it to Kampala, Uganda 2 weeks ago and have been settling into life as volunteers.....not a bad life really! We're staying at a hotel in an area of Kampala called Mengo, it's pretty close to the city centre....just a quick boda boda (motorbike taxi) ride away. Our friend Jacqui (who has been here since April) has been showing us around and introducing us to the many bars and restaurants.....and there's quite a few! We've already had some memorable nights out with lots of giggles and cheap beer and wine :-) Living here is pretty cheap with a local meal (beans, rice and vegetables) costing about NZ$1.50, a 500ml bottle of beer is around NZ$1.00 and a boda boda ride to most places is less than NZ$2.00. The ... read more

14th to 16th August Day 19 to 21 Serengeti Safari, Tanzania 3 safari vehicles arrived at camp this morning to take us on our 3 day excursion into the Serengeti National Park and Ngorogoro Crater on safari. We split into 3 groups….the 3 accommodated passengers went off on their luxury trip while the rest of us piled into the remaining 2 vehicles. Love God our driver and guide introduced himself before we hit the road and made our way towards the park entrance via the Ngorogoro crater, although we wouldn’t be entering the crater itself today just driving around the top of the crater. We stopped off on the way to visit a Masai village…..I’m not a big fan of organized village tours as they usually turn into a bit of a staged event and end ... read more